Claire Cooper believes karma is going to catch up with Hollyoaks' Cindy Cunningham after she was "disgustingly dishonest" by having an affair with Jacqui's late husband Rhys Ashworth

The 33-year-old actress plays Jacqui McQueen in the Channel 4 soap, and she hopes her alter-ego's nemesis Cindy - who was recently revealed to be having an affair with Jacqui's late husband Rhys Ashworth (Andrew Moss) - gets her comeuppance after she strikes her over the head with a large Santa Claus.

Claire exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Jacqui is angry and anger can help you release so much. She hits her on the head and that could kill someone.

"Cindy has been so dishonest, disgustingly dishonest that I think karma is going to come and get Cindy big time. It's just been waiting to happen."

Claire admits she found it funny during filming when she had to whack Stephanie Waring - who plays Cindy - over the head with the festive model, and she believes Jacqui will go to "extreme lengths" to get wreak on Cindy.

When asked if it was funny, she replied: "Yeah it was! The Santa is quite large that I bonked her over the head with so it's quite unfortunate on her part!

"I think Jacqui will go to extreme lengths because she feels what Cindy has done is just not right. That why she clobbers her over the head with a giant Santa Claus!

"They were going to give me an angel but that has religious connotation so we couldn't do that."